Blank-cabinet



(No Model.)

J. H. PAUL.

BLANK CABINET.

No. 372,383. Patented Nov. 1, 1887.

NITED STATES ATENT Fries.

JABEZ H. PAUL, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

BLANK-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,383, dated November 1, 1887.

Application filed March 2, 1887. Serial No. 229,397. (No model.)

To @ZZ when?, it may concern.-

Bc it known that I, JABEZ II. PAUL, of Minneapolis, in the county'ot' Hennepin and State ot' Minnesota, have invented certain Improvements in Blank-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cabinets for letters or law and other blanks; and the object I have in view is to furnish an article of this class which shall be cheaply constructed and in which the letters or blanks shall be readily accessible, so as to be easily removed or inserted.

My invention consists in the construction and combination hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings which form a part ot' this specification, Figure l is a perspective view ot' an ordinary office desk or table with my improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view ot' one ofthe drawers or les. Fig. 3 is aside elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a front elevation and partial section of a series of drawers or tiles, showing thc mode of construction.

In the drawings, 2 represents an office desk or table having the ordinary receptacles, 3, at the ends, which form supports for thc top. One or both of these receptacles may be utilized for my cabinet. I have also shown a separate cabinet placed upon the table-top. This arrangement is sometimes more convenient; or, the cabinet may be formed of two or more tiers of tiles or drawers and used independently when a large number and variety of blanks or letters are to be tiled.

4 represents the front of the tile or drawer. For convenience and for eheapness of construction I prefer to form this in one piece with the T-shaped molding 6, in which ease the entire front can be formed on au ordinary molding-machine,and the portion G will serve as a convenient handle for opening the drawer.

8 is the bottom of the drawer or file, made ofsufcient length and width to accommodate it to the size of the. papers, and securely attac-hed to the front 4.

10 is a strip forming the back, and fastened to the bottom 8 at the opposite end from the front 4, and preferably somewhat shorter than the width ofthe bottom, in order that it may clear the walls as the drawer' slides. A U-shaped spring, 12, is attached to the back 10 and extends forward toward the front. This spring is given'a sutiicient amount of tension to hold the blanks inserted between it and the bottom 8. The center portion of the connecting-wire 14 is bent upward t'or convenience in grasping and raising it.

I prefer to provide an opening, 16, in the.

bottom 8,for convenience in raising the blanks for reference when the drawer is open.

I prefer to construct the walls of the cabinet as shown in Fig. 4, in which 18 represents the wall, and 20 the recesses which receive the bottom of the drawer. The drawer or file being` constructed without sides, the bottom can be made to tit and slide in the said recesses, and the recesses an be constructed in the wall by rabbeting or dadoing them into the material forming the wall. The front 4 is madeof such a size as to cover the recesses when closed, and present a finished appearance.

It will be seen that by doing away with the sides of the drawers, by making the front in the manner described, and by inserting the drawers or tiles in grooves cut inthe solid wall oi' the ease, I am enabled to construct a cheap and convenient cabinet, and one which is particularly adapted for office use.

I claim as my inventionl. The blank or letter iilc comprising the bottom 8 without sides, the front and rear end pieces, 4 and l0, secured to said bottom, and the U -shaped spring 12, secured to the rear end, 10, and projecting toward the front end, 4, substantially as described.

2. The blank or letter tile comprising the bottom 8 without sides, the front and rear end pieces, 4 and 10, secured to said bottom, the U-shapcd spring l2, secured onto the rear end, l0, and projecting toward the front end, 4, and the opening 16 in the bottom between the end of the spring and the front end, 4, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the cabinet having the walls 18, provided with the recesses In testimony whereof I have hereuntot set 20, of the file having the bottom 8, fitting in my hand this 25th day of February, 1887. said recesses,l the rear end, 10, secured to said bottom and fitting between said walls 18, the J ABEZ H. PAUL. r forward end, 4, secured to said bottom and covering the ends of the recesses 20, and the In presence 0f spring 12, secured to the rear end, 10, all sub- R. H. SANFORD, stantially as described. A. C. PAUL. 

